Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Chapter 2: Polynomials

Chapter two moves into a topic that we will be coming back to over and over during the year.  To make sure that you are keeping up with the ideas covered in the homework, there will be a homework quiz every week of this unit.  Make sure you do your homework and ask questions!

11/05  After the test, do the function rule problems on the handout.
11/06  C-Block: Showing Expressions are equivalent
                         CW p.65-67/1, 2, Minds in Action p.68-69
                         HW p.72-74/1-4, 7-13, 16 (Take-it-Further parts are optional)
11/07  C-Block: Extra multiplying and function formula practice
           D-Block: Showing Expressions are equivalent
                         CW p.65-67/1, 2, Minds in Action p.68-69
                         HW p.72-74/1-4, 7-13, 16 (Take-it-Further parts are optional) and page 1 of handout

11/10  2.03  Zero Product Property
                  CW p.79/1-4, 6   HW p.79-80/7-15
11/11  Veterans' Day - no school
11/12  2.04  Transforming Expressions
                    HW p.83-84/1-8
11/13  C-Block:  Extra practice (click here for worksheet and answer key)
11/14  2.06  Polynomial Vocabulary (Quick HW Quiz of 2A)
                    HW p.97-98/3-9, 11, 12 and p.102-104/1, 2, 4, 18, 19

11/17  2.04 & 2.06  More practice expanding and factoring
                    CW/HW handout with extra problems
11/18  2.07 Normal Form (also called Standard Form)
                   CW/HW p.103/5-11, 13 , 17-19
11/19  2.08 Arithmetic with Polynomials  
                   HW p.106-108/1-4, 6, 11-13, 15, 18, 21
11/21  2.10  Factoring Difference of Squares (Quick Quiz of 2A and 2B)
                   CW/HW p.121-123/1,4,5,13,14,16,19-21,25,26  and  p.116/11

11/24  2.11  Factoring Sums and Products - Splitting the Middle Term and Grouping
                   HW  finish handout plus p.130-132/1, 2, 4, 6, 9
11/25  D-Block:  2.11  Factoring Sums and Products - Substitution
                   CW/HW p.130-132/3, 7, 8, 13
11/26  Half Day (A C F H)  2.11  Factoring Sums and Products - Substitution
                   CW/HW p.130-132/3, 7, 8, 13

12/01  Parent Conferences - no school
12/02  D-Block:  Review techniques and polynomial vocabulary so far
                   HW finish handout (copy of handout with answer key)
12/03  D-Block: Quiz of 2A, 2B and Factoring
                   HW Expanding Perfect Squares
           C-Block:  Review techniques and polynomial vocabulary so far
                   HW finish handout (copy of handout with answer key)
12/04  C-Block: Quiz of 2A, 2B and Factoring
                   HW Expanding Perfect Squares
12/05  2.12  Factoring by Completing the Square (monic, even "b")
                  HW p.138-142/1-3, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, 20, 22 (I will collect 11 and 12)

12/08  2.12  More Practice with completing the square (odd or irrational "b")
                  CW/HW p.139-142/5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21
12/09  Start Chapter Review (after Quick HW Quiz of 2C)
           (answer key courtesy of Ms. Sheppard-Brick)
12/10  Continue working on Review of Chapter (extra factoring practice and the answer key)
12/12  Test of Chapter 2